BooksAmerican20th century
Metro Plots, Gagosian Gallery
1999
Artists
Edward RuschaArtist
Dimensions
cover: 23.2 x 29 cm (9 1/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Provenance
[Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, September 20, 1999.
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